Thromboembolic resolution assessed by CT pulmonary angiography after treatment for acute pulmonary embolism

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-34

  den Exter, Paul L ^a   van Es, Josien ^b   Kroft, Lucia J M ^a   Erkens, Petra M G ^c   Douma, Renée A ^b   Mos, Inge C M ^a   Jonkers, Gé ^d   Hovens, Marcel M C ^e   Durian, Marc F ^f   Cate, Hugoten ^g   Beenen, Ludo F M ^b   Kamphuisen, Pieter Willem ^h   Huisman, Menno V ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Multidetector computed tomography; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary circulation; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QANADLI OBSTRUCTION INDEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84934764323     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-10-0842     Document Type: Article

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